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[-] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 20 points 4 months ago

I thought whoever bought it also got the rights to do that?

[-] czech@lemm.ee 39 points 4 months ago

The suit was filed by PleasrDAO, a digital art collective that purchased the album from Shkreli in 2021 after Shkreli was ordered to fork it over to cover a $7.4 million forfeiture tied to his 2017 fraud conviction. (Shkreli purchased the album for $2 million; PleasrDAO paid double that.) According to the lawsuit, Shkreli violated the terms of both the original purchase agreement and the forfeiture order by allegedly making and retaining a digital copy of the album, playing it during his live streams, and sending it to others.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 29 points 4 months ago

I don't like seeing anyone sued for music piracy but I'm glad it's him.

[-] TenderfootGungi@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Ah. So now it makes sense why anyone cared.

[-] mindlight@lemm.ee -5 points 4 months ago

If that's true, it's epically retarded....

[-] DashboTreeFrog@discuss.online 11 points 4 months ago

IIRC, that was part of the deal buying this and part of what made it so expensive and unique. News article at the time talked at length about the secrecy aspect. Kinda dumb IMO but I understand a super fan wanting to own something like this. The fact that this A hole bought it instead then immediately broke contract...

[-] CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Nah, I think not until 2139 or something

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